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Alain Delon, French Actor Who Starred in ‘Le Samourai,’ Dead at 88


Alain Delon, the influential French actor who starred in European cinematic classics like 'Le Samourai' and 'The Leopard,' has died at the age of 88.

The actor’s children confirmed his death Sunday in a statement to AFP ( via BBC), “Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony, as well as (his dog) Loubo, are deeply saddened to announce the passing of their father. In the Seventies, Delon would continue to star in crime flicks like Melville’s Le Cercle Rouge and Un Flic, as well as The Sicilian Clan and Mr. Klein, plus the international Spaghetti western Red Sun, the American spy film Scorpio, and the all-star Airport ’79: The Concorde. Delon’s career as a marquee star began to wind down in the Eighties and Nineties, though his supporting role as Julius Caesar in the 2008 French comedy Asterix at the Olympics became his most successful film at the box office.

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